Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urged lawmakers to show “decorum” after a House Oversight hearing devolved into personal attacks and partisan infighting on Thursday night. “I think decorum is an important thing for us to maintain around here. And we’ve got to take the emotion out of these things, and deal with the issues on their […]
After Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) poked fun at the chaos that ensued Thursday night during the House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) defended her actions. Fetterman took to X to weigh in his opinion on the situation that unfolded during the hearing called to determine whether or not to hold Attorney General Merrick […]
Democrats received welcome news on Friday that the odds in the hotly contested Arizona Senate race shifted in their favor as the party fights to keep the Senate majority. The nonpartisan election forecaster CookPoliticalReport changed its prediction from “toss-up” to “lean Democrat” due to the candidate quality of Republican front-runner Kari Lake against Rep. Ruben […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), a freshman representative representing Dallas, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) got into a heated argument during the House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night. The chaos in the hearing, which was pushed back to allow some Republicans time to go to New York in support of former President Donald Trump during […]
President Joe Biden commemorated the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education desegregation ruling by delivering remarks at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., on Friday. The president’s speech comes as his campaign is placing a concerted effort on courting black voters ahead of the 2024 […]
Former President Donald Trump will head to Minnesota on a day off from his hush money trial for a Republican fundraiser Friday night in a traditionally Democratic state that he boasts he can carry in November. Trump will headline the state GOP’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner, which coincides with the party’s state convention, after attending […]
Metro riders in Washington, D.C., are as happy with public transit as they’ve been in a decade, but not all is well in the capital’s underground stations. Despite high levels of satisfaction with the train system generally, safety remains a great concern as serious crime such as rape, robbery, and homicide on the Metro have […]
Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) expressed his confidence in South Carolina’s voter registration system after a state lawmaker reported state agencies tried to register illegal immigrants to vote. Earlier this month, the governor requested that the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division investigate Republican state Rep. Adam Morgan’s claims the South Carolina Medicaid office had repeatedly sent […]
(The Center Square) – Inflation is still impacting families in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, according to a new Common Sense Institute report. The free-market think tank’s May inflation update analyzed different price increases from 2020, which determined that prices across the board are still significantly higher. Most notably, the report says that “typical” Arizona families would have […]
(The Center Square) – Proposed legislation targeting protestors is expected to get tweaks from the North Carolina House of Representatives, possibly before the Memorial Day holiday weekend. People wearing masks in public, and those blocking roads or emergency vehicles, are singled out in the bill passed by the Senate 30-15 this week. Critics have roared […]
